Re: Bates at Ft. Mims, Ala, 1813
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In reply to:
Bates at Ft. Mims, Ala, 1813
Loretta 12/02/01
Probably the families of Joseph Bates, Sr., and Thomas Bates, Sr. of the Tombigbee settlement.
Both migrated from Union Co., SC, which is proven by a deed which Joseph Sr. executed selling land there.
They were apparently brothers of my ancestor, Elizabeth Bates, wife of Lewis Wells.
Their father, Joseph Bates, was probably also killed by Indians in Union Co. in the war with the Cherokee c. 1761.